Before sports betting, I was in the poker world. I left the industry in 2019 and haven’t really looked back. Until recently. On a December trip to Las Vegas, I had some free time to spare so I popped ...

I recently co-hosted a podcast with NFL and PGA analyst Sia Nejad to talk with one of the most recognizable poker pros in the world, Daniel Negreanu. You may have seen D-Negs on ESPN playing in the ...

Ellen Leikind learned to play poker when she was growing up. While she and her mom were cooking dinner after school, they played Texas Hold 'Em and Backgammon. "My mom was an awful cook, and so was I, ...

When Maria Konnikova first started playing poker she didn’t know how many cards were in the deck. That’s not an exaggeration. She thought there were 54 instead of the appropriate 52. But Konnikova was ...

The best players usually have some amazing story about how they got to where they are today, but is there a pattern in those stories? If we discover a theme, even quantify it, then we can use those ...

Since time immemorial, whenever one poker player has turned over a winning hand and the loser has exclaimed in disbelief, "How could you play that hand that way?" the winner has usually smirked and ...

Costa Mesa realtor Valerie Torelli comes from a family of card players; her father was a successful handicapper (someone who analyzes sporting events to find an edge when placing bets on games). So, ...